Check in if you're a Happy Lil Fan of Bob Ross

[LynneSin]

Man, I miss those TV shows. I use to watch them every saturday morning when I was at college, right after PeeWee's Playhouse. Hopefully he's up in heaven on some Happy Little Cloud that he painted with Titanium White!

[Reverend_Smitty]

1. I loved that show...

they still show the re-runs every now and then on PBS...That guy had such a "tight fro"!

My favorite color was burnt umber

[LynneSin]

3. He could create the most amazing works in 30 minutes or less

He was the Dominos Delivery Guy in the painting world

[Reverend_Smitty]

6. lol I like that analogy...

I tried to make a painting like his once, because he made it look too easy...well mine sucked and I got pissed and never tried again. Maybe the secret to his success was his calm demeanor, whenever he made a mistake he would just cover it with a happy little tree. Me, I throw stuff

[kick-ass-bob]

2. I loved the way he made the trees.

Made it seem like I could do it.
Then I tried it. no, no, no.

[Spock_is_Skeptical]

4. I would always watch Bob paint his happy 'lil bushes

and clouds along with my mom. I miss him too.

[GalleryGod]

5. Bob was THE best !

Need an afternoon nap ?

Bob Ross is on!
He was a true icon ! I think Bob spoke at a high school graduation in the 80's. I forget where though, sorry:shrug:

[LynneSin]

7. Bob Ross Philosphy on Life.......

We don't make mistakes, we make happy little accidents.

[Zuni]

8. I tried many times to paint like him

but he makes it look so easy. everything I painted turned out awful

[marions ghost]

9. "happy dots"

gotta admire the guy who made a lotta money from spreading happy dots
in the world. From what I can see he was more like a Meditation
Master--speaking to the devotees from high atop Titanium Mountain--rather than an art teacher.

[Richardo]

10. "I think a happy little tree lives right here."

"You can put anything you want in your world."

[bleedingheart]

11. I loved him!

he made it seem easier than it really is...

I loved his technique for making reflections on water....

[Richardo]

12. Magic White!

...big horizontal strokes with what seemed like a 5" housepainting brush. Voila! Water! :D

[bleedingheart]

13. I know!!! I used to sit there in awe when he would do that...

[keithjx]

14. I'd watch from time to time.

I always loved how the painting would develop. I wouldn't be too sure where he was going with something, then he'd throw a highlight here, a shadow there and BANG - it would just leap off the canvas, like when you get your eyes focused right on a stereogram. I'd always anticipate that moment, and when it came, it made me giddy.

KJ